Latest in Tag: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Highlight
Latest in Tag: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Nine-party meeting on GERD succeeds, establishing joint research group
Ethiopia, Sudan countries accept Egypt’s invitation to host high-ranking officials at Cairo meeting in July

GERD has no significant impact on downstream countries: Ethiopian water minister
The dam is being constructed around-the-clock, says Bekele

Egypt, Ethiopia discussions confirm strength of bilateral relations
Al-Sisi urged for concluding studies of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as soon as possible

Meetings of Nile basin countries regarding Entebbe agreement resume
Negotiations over Egypt’s returning to Nile Basin Initiative started two years ago

Egypt calls for tripartite meeting with Ethiopia, Sudan
Sameh Shoukry discussed bilateral relations with newly appointed Ethiopian foreign minister

Egyptian agriculture crisis worsens, mainly due to lack of water
Government’s reclamation projects facing doubts

Egypt faces water shortage crisis aside from GERD: Water Minister
Cabinet is currently preparing alternative plan to adjust to water shortage

Parliament committee meets with ministers to discuss African relations
The House of Representatives’ African Affairs Committee will meet with the Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Mohamed Idris, to discuss ideas on how to deepen Egypt’s relations with Africa. The meeting will also include representatives for the ministries of water resources and agriculture, committee chairperson Hatem Pashat told Daily News Egypt. Pashat said that …

Ethiopia reasserts that GERD will not impose any negative effects on Egypt
Ethiopia will cooperate with Egypt and Sudan to reduce any potential hazards, says Ethiopian water minister

Egypt may be ‘wasting time’ in GERD talks with Ethiopia: professor
Al-Sisi and Desalegn met in Rwanda for bilateral talks including the controversial GERD issue

Ethiopia close to finishing 70% of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The technical report has nothing to do with the current construction and it is only intended to show the dam’s impact on other countries, says Ethiopian minister

Will the High Dam be turned into a wall
This article is addressed to the Minister of Irrigation. Al-Watan newspaper recently published disturbing news about a statement made by Sudan’s advisor to the minister of water resources, Ahmed Mohamed Adam, in which he said the High Dam will lose its value and become no more than a wall. In it, he stressed the importance …

Egypt meets with Sudan, Ethiopia on sidelines of COMESA Summit
Meeting reviews technical progress on GERD

Al-Sisi discusses latest GERD developments with Irrigation Minister
Moughazi pointed to several measures to protect Egyptian coasts including Alexandria, Marsa Matrouh, and Kafr El Sheikh by building breakwaters

Increasing sluices on GERD of no importance, Egypt’s water share is priority: Water expert
Nour El-Din criticised Egypt’s Irrigation Ministry’s role in complicating the issue, that there are no new technical studies

Ethiopia will not add further sluices to GERD
The tripartite meeting ended with the Ethiopian side’s refusal of Egypt’s proposal to increase the sluices

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam meeting scheduled for Sunday
The meeting is a new round of talks on technical studies after the failure of previous meeting

Renaissance Dam talks end without agreement
Egypt’s water minister calls discussions “difficult” after failure to agree on technical studies

Egypt resorts to alternative plans to address GRED issue
Egypt needs to provide real solutions not just studies, says expert

GERD meeting postponed to 11-12 December
The postponement came at Ethiopia’s request

Tripartite meeting on GERD postponed
Postponement’s justifications are not convincing, says expert on Sudan

Egypt has 3 concerns on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Prime Minister
Sherif Ismail expresses concerns on impact of the dam over Egypt’s water share

Talks end between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in Cairo
The three countries agreed to hold another meeting between water resources and foreign affairs’ ministers as soon as possible

Pope Tawadros, Al-Sisi take measures to consolidate ties with Ethiopia
Former irrigation minister says no updates on GERD negotiations, stresses technical route is only route available

Shoukry receives Ugandan Deputy FM
Meeting is part of drive to increase cooperation between Nile Basin countries
Egypt to organise tourism week in Addis Ababa in July: Ministry official
Ethiopia is expanding tourism infrastructure in light of economic growth, making it important East African country, says official

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign GERD declaration
The Declaration of Principles is foundation upon which Ethiopia will build agreement with Egypt and Sudan, says Ethiopian Prime Minister

Al-Sisi in Ethiopia after years of GERD conflict
Egyptian president to give speech before Ethiopian parliament

Egypt refuses Renaissance Dam storage capacity
Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia facing negotiation difficulties, says irrigation minister advisor

Egypt should be at ease with GERD: Ethiopian Patriarch
Pope Tawadros and Patriarch Mathias also discussed churches’ historical relations